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CHAKLOTFE. N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29. 191 1
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OyGER OF
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SCENES AT FIRE.
The accompanying photos show
views at the scene of the fire. The
hole In the pavement was caused by
the impact of falling bodies, reveal
ing the force of their fa!!. The eleva
tor door shown was pushed aside by
frantic gifis, and sixty of them plunged
down the shaft over 100 feet to their
death. Fire Chief Edward Croker did
not hesitate to express the alarming
opinion that there were many build
ings in the city every bit as dangerous
as the Asch buiiding.
a caii ti crs rpatiitilHioni ( f ihi* fa!.i;uis Ta.i
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(Ini-ini^- ihe day that an electric twitch
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SIIIL PROBINC
THE NEW YORK
PMyFlRE
By A«sociatfd Press.
New York, March 29.—There was
no lot no toda; in the official probing
of last ^alarday’s factory fite. The
death of one victim daring r-'ght
Inoii^ht the total dead nii to 14'^
Tv;en!y i)odies still are unidentified.
Uu Satt’.rday these bodies, or sticli o{
them as relati'es and friends have
b.\ that time been nttable to identi
fy. will be buried in Mount Sinai cem
etery.
District Attorney Whitman in an
effort to fix res})onsibility for the ca
tastrophe, summoned many witnesses
Ui i'.is oiTice to get tl\eir testimony m
shai)e for presentation to the grand
jury.
Fire ?\Tarshal Beers continued the
e.xaininarioit of witnesses in his in
vest igat ion.
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1. .-/.T .uxMlcclu/e say I retni nin^' for some overlooked jjaiier.-i
: ci;:ii;:iiK-'i (’oO.DOn ■'.•o;-, .'‘'s, rOO.t.'Od
I'ami'hlir'ls and ‘‘100.000 ii;s',oricai man-
;U'Orii)ts. Two .'‘■'ars a:40 ''oi;iiiii; sioncr
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FAIR CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
OF THE STOLEN JEWELRY.
By Associated Press.
X-^w Voik. March 29.—.Jewels val
ued at siulen from the home of
A\'i!liani i'!. iiisttin are in a fair way
toua to lie recovered, according to
the (ietective bureau. Valuables worth
'H)i| W'-i'f- at first rei)orter missing
and coi.'sidetaiile n!yster.\- was attached
i(> i’lri'- disappearance and to the
identity of tho family robbed. Later,
v.licn the story v;as ntade pul)lic. it
wjj stated that some of the jew-elry
aiiead.\ had iieon traced, and that an
arrest was exj.ected.
By .Associated Press.
l.(\s .Angeles, Cal., .Match That
theie is danget of war between the
I'r.iteu States and .lapan was statd
l)y iiaron I)'li:stonrnel1es de ('onstant,
member (jf the F^rench senale and
representative of France at Tln^
Hague peace conference, in an ad
dress before the city club last night.
After referring to conditions in ('al-
ifornia he said;
‘ But there is a storm hanging over
your heads, a battle that threatens
destruction f>f all this loveliness an.l
it is of this 1 have come lo warn
>ou. Jaijan docs not want Avai- any
more tlir.n you do, but may be driven
into it by the force of circumstances
that seem lo be involving you b()th.
“Let me tell you that Japan does
noi want war with you or any
other country and never will there
be a war between this country and
.lapan tinless it is stirred up by
ignorance in both nations.”
The baron then stated that ttie two
conniries, being in a period of con
struction. needed all their energies
for development along peaceful lines.
Express Messenger Disap
pears —Also $50,000 Missing
By Associated Press.
K1 I’aso. 'I'exas, March 29.—W. A.
Hawkins, Weli^Fargo express messen
ger on the El Paso and Southw'estern
railway has mysteriously disa))peared
and officers of the express company
state that $r)0,00u is also mising. The
money i» alleged to have been taken
between Nogales, Ariz., and Mezatlan,
Mexico, on March 20th, while Hawkins
was employed on that run. The money
was being shipped from llermosiilo to
Mazatlan.
T'
WiLL FLY FROM
AIKEN TO CHARLESTON
By Associated Press.
.\il\cn, S. C.. -March 29.— Frank Cof-
fyn, the \\'ri;-;ht aviator, announced to
day that he wo-.ih) attem|)t, a flight with
a ])asseri.;-:ei from licre tf) (’harleston,
S. a dista.nce of miles. He
inrr-nds making the start as soon as
conditions favor a long cross-country
trill. !' is probalile that Thomas Hitch-
c(;l(, .Jr.. will be the ]>assenger.
Run Over and Killed.
By -Associated Press.
Florence, S. March 2ft.—C. H.
Blocker, aged (U*. of St. Petersburg,
Fla., was run over and UiMed by train
.\o. N(’«. the north-bound Atlantic Coast
Line Palmetto limiteci as it was jnilling
into the union station here. Mr. Block
er was a jiasseniier on the train. He
was the father of Mayor A. T. Blocker
of Sr. Petersburg and left last Mon
day for his old home in Scarborough,
X. C'. The body will be sent to St.
Petersburg for burial.
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IN CIISE OF
LORiMER
By .Associated Press.
Washington, March 2!).—Denial w.ns
made here today by friends of Pres
ident Tafr of the report from Sin'ing-
field, 111., that Mr. Taft had .joined
with Senator Aldrich in urging tiie
election of NA'iliiam Ijorimer to the
Fnited States senate.
Ed\^ard Hines, a Chicago lumber
man with big interests in the South,
at the Lorimer hearing in Spring
field yesterday testified that Sena
tor Aldri( h had told him that Mr.
Taft aas anxi()Us that Mr. i.,orimer
be selected.
It was stated here today thaf a
siniilar reiort became cut rent last
Eepteuiber and that President Taft
thf-n, in a letter to an Illinois friend.
(a.02;orical!y denied the statement^
in that letter the pre.sident said
among other things, that “the ru-
nif>r, resport or statement that 1
conspicuously lent any of the weight
of the administration to the election
of Lorimer is wholly untrue.”
Publisher Makes Statement.
Siiringfield. IH., March 29.—H. H.
Kohlsaat, I'ublisher of the ('hicago
Record-Herald. told the senate inves
tigating committee today that iie
knew $100,000 had been used to
procure the election of William Lor
imer to the United States senate. H#^
then refused to give the committee
the source of his information, not-
withstandins tliat the committee lu.s
the iiower to imprison him Ijecause
of his refusal.
“Would you denounce any citizen
who takes the stand you have taken
here?’’ asked Senator Burton.
“Any man w'ho will violate a confi
dence is not worth a snap. I would
not let my court reporter violate a
confidence. Xo newspajier man can
violate a confidence. That is m-y code
of morals." replied the publisher.
The committee then went into an
executive conference.
Before he was excu.':ed Mr. Hohl-
saat was informed b.v the committee
tliat its members had agreed that ne
mnst answer the questions regarding
the money.
B.v Associated Ptc'ss.
('lift on F(U-.i;e, \’a., ^larch 2!K —
A number of iiui>ortant iird)lems, in
cluding the appoiuntient of two pre
siding elders, vxill ('oine liefore the
Baltimore conference of the Metho
dist l^piscopa! Chni\‘h, South, which
bf'.iian iis sessions here today. Min
isters iroin the c:onference territory,
embracing the District of Columbia,
parts of Virginia, AA’est A'irginia.
Maryland and Pennsylvania w’ere
pj'esent. P,ishon E. E. Moss, of Nash-
viil(\ I'enn., presided. Discussion over
the Randoljih-.Macon (\)llege, which
caused stich a tumult at the last con
ference. probably will be renew’od.
Big Conference Opening.
Washington. .March 29.—The 127th
annual conference of tlie fialtimore
conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Churh oiiened here today for a
five days session with Bishop Wil
liam F. Anderson, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., presiding and 2.ti) ministers
from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia and West Virginia In attend
ance.
Tomorrow% the 25th anniversary of
the womens' foreign missionary so-
city will be observed and on Friday
there will be a meeting at which sev
eral hundred laymen from the four
states will bep resent.
Police Believe
Boys Killed Man
I’y Associated Press.
Omaha, Xeb., March 29.—Evidence
unearthed today makes the police be
lieve that three boys, each 17 years
old. arrested last night, char^’cu with
Iietit larceny, are th#* i .derers of
Herman 13, Cohn, wi.-- ■. killed iiffar
ills home last Sati.;' night, and
also the perpetrators of a ’^’limber
of hold up in the q£
the city during th i. eeks.
The boys are 1 em ’ ^ alias
L. .Andrews; ('art L. a',,] Henry
Sieinger. They ar,; fr.,j,, gV
WANT FARMERS Ic LiNE
UP AGAINST RECIPROCITY*
By .Associated Pre'i%j_
Nashville, Teni' , ,\Tarc.h 29.—Peti*
tions are being =" Maury
count, this r'tatt' .'nt^^iHsted par--
ties to secure f.he Jg of farm
ers who are oppcsed \ m p,.Q.
viding for recipr cit^ v.ia Canada.
The i)etitions, wii-l’ intended
lo send to the senate . .„;;j vfp,.esen-
tatives in congress, ,_v.at the
bill is an iniquHous niraame, and
that it ])laes the ax a disad
vantage which it wi;' take years for
him to overcome.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 29.—Securely
bound with straps Dickinson McAllis
ter, foiuierly president* of tiie Metro
politan Elevanted Bailway, of Chicago,
was taken from a Panhandle railroad
train here late yesterday afternoon and
removed to a hosp-ital after a battle
with ijolice o cers- and two of his
friends.
It is said that McAllister was on hla
way from Chicago to Ikirrisburg in
company with I. -M. Jordan and John
C. Hays, of (’hicago. When the train
was between (.■olumbiis and Dennison,
Oh if), -Mr. .Mc.Allisfer is ti-aid to have
kicked the lights out of his state room,
leaving the ])lace in darkness, and was
attempting to jump through napoeu
window v.hen he was detected.
Advices from Chicago state that he
has brooded since the family horne at
Harrisbur.g, to wiiich he was attached,
was sold.
To Stop Use Blasphemy.
By Associated Press.
Sa.c'irjiah, C5a., i.rarch 20.--.At the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
toinght there will be organized among
the Catholic men of the city a Holy
Name Society, the oi-ject if the or
ganization being to stoj) the use of
blasphemy as much as possible
among men.
TRE TWO CE«1
RATE OEGLAREO
SEARCHING FOR FIRE \/!CTIMS. • , x
■. 1... virtin^s of the trn story loft bui'd,n5 fi,e v.’hich caused ths licath of 150 New Yo-'k factory girls, for
en,en ''I' ' plunge from the windows of the bu.viing buii cii^ig, cghi, nine and ten stones
fhirfire cius the death of 150 factory giris, moit of whom met their death in a wild piunae from the top of windows of
building.
No Choice for Senator.
By Associated Press.
Albany. X. V.. March 29.—There was
no choice for Tnited States senator
at today's .ioiiit ballot. The democratic
caucus will reconvene tonigh* in an
attempt to name a conipromise can-
J didate.
I By Associated Press.
! St. Louis, March 29.—The two cent
I passenger rate in Oklahoma was de-
! dared to be confiscatory and was held
: invalid by a' decision of the United
i States circuit court of appeals handed
1 down here today.
Died of Wounds.
By .Associated Press.
Savannah. (Ja., March 29.—The re
mains of (3-^orge W. Tuten. of Fur
man, who died in Savannah
jyeste.ay afiernoon of jtneumonia,
brod' nt on by vvounds received at
; th' .lands of an uniiiiown party near
his home three wck.s ago w’ere taken
to Stafford, (in.. for interment today.
Tuten died with(jut knowipg who
shot him although he had engaged in
a quarrel witli onother man some
time before the shootiiig.
Detective Died From Wound.
By Associated Press.
Middlesboro. Ky., March 29.—Green
Rose, the railroad detective who was
shot at Baxi.er, Harlan county. Ken
tucky, from ambush lasi Saturday, died
here today. Rose was acting as^ a guard
duiing the recent strike of white fire
men on the Cincinnati, Xew' OOrleans
and Texas railroad and was shot while
in tlie cab of an engine. His murder
er has not been arrested.
Jury Has Truskett Case.
By .Associated Press.
Independence. Kan., March 29.—The
jur.v in the case cf Truskett, of Caney,
Kan., Ciiarged v.ith killing J. I). S.
Xeeley, of Lima, Ohio, bad nc.r reach
ed a verdict when court opened this
morning. Ii has been out since
o’clock last night.